---
id: jaraco-context
version: "6.1.2"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# jaraco.context — Useful decorators and context managers

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install jaraco-context
uv add jaraco-context
poetry add jaraco-context

## Description

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Provides decorators and context managers for exception handling, directory changes, tarball operations, and interrupt handling in Python applications.

Verdict: Production-stable utility library with permissive MIT licensing, no known vulnerabilities, and minimal dependencies. Active maintenance and top-1000 popularity make it a low-risk choice for adding context management and exception-handling utilities to Python 3.10+ projects.

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